"I don't know, work tomorrow."Arthur (Albert Finney) is an angry young man, English style. Young, belligerent, cocky and full of money, he's taking on the world in his own inimitable style. His kicks include bedding Brenda (Rachel Roberts), the wife of a fellow factory worker, but his world tips when she announces that she is pregnant. This marks a turning point as Arthur his attention moves to the younger and unattached Doreen (Shirley Anne Field), but she is intent on settling down and pressures Arthur to do so. Will she wear down his angry young man persona and get him to move onto a life of conformity, a life he so loudly despises?
Shocking stuff for its time, this is still a hard hitting drama with much to say about the daily grind. Its to the films credit that the central character cares only about himself and his contempt for everyone around him; a nasty piece of work, that despite yourself, (or maybe because of Albert Finney), we take to.
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